Instructions for Evaluators (PDF file)
IMPORTANT NOTE: veCollect
Coming early November 2009!
veCollect is a new system we are implementing to receive your individual recommendation letters in support of your Prehealth Committee application. If you are applying for the Prehealth Committee for April 2010 for a fall 2011 professional health school application and/or any committee cycle thereafter, please review the listing of Prehealth Committee/veCollect workshops noted off the "Workshops" tab of this website. You are *REQUIRED* to attend a workshop before being authorized to initiate a veCollect account. Therefore, you should attend a workshop and open a veCollect account PRIOR to requesting letters for the April 2010 Committee cycle. If you are currently requesting letters for the September 2009 or December 2009 cycle, you do not need to use veCollect.
Please click on the "Workshops" tab of the main prehealth page to see all the scheduled Prehealth Committee/veCollect workshops for fall 2009. Another series for spring 2010 will be offered starting in January 2010.
Letters of reference are an important piece of an overall application to the health professional schools. The Prehealth Committee at UB assists students with putting together a comprehensive packet of letters of reference for admission to the professional health schools of medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, veterinary and chiropractic. The Committee packet (Committee letter and all supporting letters) may *only* be used to apply to the professional health schools noted above as well as post-baccalaureate programs and specific health professions scholarship programs. The Committee packet and/or supporting letters may not be used for research programs, internships, employment positions, etc. You may wish to consider securing more general letters of reference (in the event you change your career aspirations or discover you are not competitive for admission) and have these forwarded to Career Services. They are now advocating you use a system called Interfolio. Dependent on when you are applying to the professional health schools, you may be completing the process as either a sophomore (Early Assurance Programs) or junior/senior/post-grad (regular admission). There are three annual deadlines - April 1 (with individual letters due April 15), September 1 and December 1 which is often reserved for *Early Assurance applicants.
*UB Medical School Early Assurance candidates must adhere to the December 1 deadline. SUNY Upstate Medical School Early Assurance candidates and UB Dental School Early Assurance candidates may apply to the Prehealth Committee for EITHER December 1 or April 1. Students are encouraged to speak with a prehealth advisor regarding which deadline would be most appropriate for them.
You are best advised to learn about the Committee early in your preparation and complete the Committee process while considering two important factors: the overall timeline of professional school admissions and when you are most competitive. You may set up an appointment with a prehealth advisor to discuss the Committee process at any point in your academic career.
Last updated: November 22 2009 02:49:49.